{"id":1666,"date":"2026-06-05T18:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:09:08","slug":"spain-vs-england-lionesses-in-womens-world-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1666","title":{"rendered":"Spain vs England: Lionesses in Women’s World Cup qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n
<\/p>\n

Team news – Bonmati on the bench, Toone starts<\/span>published at 19:07 BST<\/span><\/p>\n

19:07 BST<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

<\/p>\n

Spain v England (20:00 BST)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/header>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/span>Emma Sanders<\/strong>
BBC Sport women\u2019s football news reporter at Son Moix Stadium<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\"Spain<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The big news for Spain<\/b> is the return of three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati, after a five-month absence from a broken leg, but she is only named as a substitute.<\/p>\n

Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas is in the starting XI though, alongside Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey.<\/p>\n

Defenders Ona Batlle and Mapi Leon, who have been linked with moves to the WSL, are in Spain’s backline.<\/p>\n

Spain XI<\/b>: Coll, Batlle, Paredes, Leon, Corrales, Patri, Mariona, Putellas, Lopez, Paralluelo, Imade.<\/p>\n

\n
\"England<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Sarina Wiegman makes two changes to the England<\/b> side who overcame Iceland in their last qualifying match.<\/p>\n

Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone is in the starting XI having not played for England since November due to a hip fracture.<\/p>\n

She replaces Lucia Kendall, who impressed in the last game against Spain, while Lotte Wubben-Moy comes in for Leah Williamson.<\/p>\n

Chelsea’s Lauren James, who picked up a minor injury at the World Sevens tournament, is fully recovered and retains her place.<\/p>\n

England XI<\/b>: Hampton, Bronze, Morgan, Wubben-Moy, Greenwood, Stanway, Walsh, Toone, Hemp, Russo, James.<\/p>\n

Subs<\/i>: Le Tissier, Moorhouse, Blindkilde Brown, Carter, Charles, Kelly, Kendall, Mead, Park, Baggaley, Godfrey, Fisk.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team news – Bonmati on the bench, Toone startspublished at 19:07 BST 19:07 BST Spain v England (20:00 BST) Emma…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}